Sunday, April 5, 2009

10B Homework

10B- your homework is to read The Erl-King and answer the comprehension questions. When question number 1 asks you about devices, it is asking you about literary devices, which are literary terms-- think about the literary terms you know: conflict, imagery, dialogue, point of view, symbol, suspense, etc. Do you see any of these here?

In the comments section of this post, I have put up a list of vocabulary to help you with your reading.
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Miss Jones said...

The Erl- King Vocabulary
1. Grisly: inspiring horror, terrifying, as if suggesting death, dark, gloomy
2. mantle: a robe, a coat, or a cape
3. shelters: protects
4. piercing: penetrating to cut or pass through with a sharp instrument
* piercing cold: so cold it feels like your skin is being cut, you feel pain because it’s so cold.
5. thus: in this way
6. dost: do
7. cling: hold tightly
8. train: a long piece of fabric that trails behind a person
9. hither: here, near, to this place
10. withered: wilted
11. bonny: attractive, beautiful, cute, pretty
12. daintily: beautifully, in a charming and delicate manner
13. mark: to notice, see, follow with your gaze
14. grasping: clinging, holding tightly
15. by force: using violence, force, to compel with brute strength
16. gasp: a withdrawal of breath, a sharp intake of breath
17. sobbing: uncontrollable crying, crying that comes out in gasps
18. clasp: to grasp, to hold closely and tightly
19. spurring: urging the animal forward so that the animal quickens its pace.
20. dread: extreme sense of foreboding, fear of the worst possible outcome
21. alack: Alas! Oh no!

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